AMATEUR ATHLETES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17146, 31 December 1929, Page 4

AMATEUR ATHLETES

NEW YEAR ACTIVITIES PROSPECTS FOR TE KARAKA (Notes by "Discus.") The flags will bo flying at To Karaka Domain to-morrow, when To Karaka Sports Club will hold its annual meeting. With a fine day. the fixture should eclipse previous successes. Amateur athletic events will oemprise the major portion of the programme, the entries this year in all sections being a record. The writer anticipates that Tom Corkery will win the 75yds. men's Poverty Bay championship. Corkery has been running splendidly of late, winning two centuries with ease. Howover, the contest for second place will provide a keen-tussle, the most likely candidates for this position being Dudley Ooates and Frank Martin. If the latter starts he should beat Coates, who performs better over the longer sprints. Miss Norma Wilson will have little opposition in the 75yds. ladies' Poverty Bay championship. It is difficult, nevertheless, to place the remaining competitors. Miss Phyllis Tier will bo hard to beat for second position, though Miss C. McConnell and Miss R. Algie have both shown their ability over the short distances. Miss E. Sired, who intends storting in this race is running into her best form. Judging from his performances at Kaitaratahi, G. Quinn should be among the placed competitors in the 100yds. men's handicap, while another sprinter who might show up on the day is Frank Dobbio. "Discus" fancies Corkery for the men's furlong flat, while E. Bridge and George Hartley may fill the minor positions. Sixteen runners have entered for the quarter-mile, and if they all start the judges will bo presented with a difficult task.' The manner in which the penalties have been allocated leaves the writer somewhat perplexed concerning the final placings, but on form R. Wallace and I). Watt should be handy at the. finish.

In the half-mile flat the position is much the same, although R. Quinn might run into a place. W. Hutchinson runs a useful half, and he can produce a finish capable of upsetting many a calculation. The extra lap may suit D. Watt better than the quarter, and the same applies to R. Wallace. Unless ono of the middle-markers can produce improved form. If. R. Fisken should collect the chief trophy in the one-mile handicap. If A. E. Redmond, the limit competitor, can last the distance, he might manage to reach the tape before the others. On paper it looks as though the trophies for the cycle events will be well distributed. P. McMahon is improving. He will be a hard proposition in all five contests, and his brother, Merv, should compete with some success. Both Archie and Thoniloy Campbell have given sufficient evidence of their ability on the track, and. the latter can bo relied upon to make good use of his handicaps. A. Reidy. on the limit mark in every race, has plenty of grit. He should gain his share of the trophies, minor or otherwise.